| Joseph L. Goldstein  AKA Joseph Leonard Goldstein
Born: 18-Apr-1940
Birthplace: Sumter, SC
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist, Doctor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism Joseph L. Goldstein and his long-time collaborator Michael S. Brown were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology in 1985, for their research into the metabolism of cholesterol in the body. Father: Isadore E. Goldstein (owned a clothing store)
Mother: Fannie Alpert Goldstein
University: BS Chemistry, Washington and Lee University (1962)
Medical School: MD, University of Texas at Dallas (1966)
Scholar: Biochemical Genetics, National Institutes of Health (1968-70)
Scholar: Medical Genetics, University of Washington (1970-72)
Teacher: Medicine, University of Texas at Dallas (1972-76)
Professor: Medicine, University of Texas at Dallas (1976-)
Lasker Award 1985
Nobel Prize for Medicine 1985 (with Michael S. Brown)
National Medal of Science 1988
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Board of Internal Medicine
American College of Physicians
American Heart Association
American Philosophical Society
American Society for Cell Biology
American Society for Clinical Investigation President (1985-86)
American Society of Biological Chemists
Association of American Physicians
Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors
Lasker Foundation Trustee
Massachusetts General Hospital (1966-68)
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Author of books:
Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Other Disorders of Lipoprotein Metabolism (1979, with Michael S. Brown)
A1-Antitrypsin Deficiency: From the Bench to the Bedside (1981)
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